The Little Hacker's Room

Près de 30 % des étudiants et professeurs présents auraient par la suite souffert de stress post-traumatique, de dépression, de dépendance à l'alcool ou de phobie sociale, montre une étude des effets psychologiques de la fusillade du 13 septembre 2006.

Près de 30 % des étudiants et professeurs présents auraient par la suite souffert de stress post-traumatique, de dépression, de dépendance à l'alcool ou de phobie sociale, montre une étude des effets psychologiques de la fusillade du 13 septembre 2006.

The UN adopts a resolution calling for direct talks between Serbia and Kosovo, in a move seen as a breakthrough in the long-running dispute.

Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly defends his use of private detectives to carry out investigations of his aides and colleagues.

Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who encrypted American military communications during World War II using principles of indigenous language, died Wednesday night in Prescott, Arizona, at age 91. The Code Talkers took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. They sent thousands of messages without error on Japanese troop movements, battlefield tactics and other communications critical to the war's ultimate outcome.

Several hundred Navajos served as Code Talkers during the war, but a group of 29 that included June developed the code based on their native language. Their role in the war wasn't declassified until 1968. One of original Navajo Code Talkers dies in Arizona

(azcentral.com)

The government spending watchdog warns the expansion of the academies programme could risk being poor value for money.

La Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) soutient que Quebecor a déposé une proposition de règlement visant à mettre fin au lock-out des employés du Journal de Montréal qui dure depuis plus de 20mois.

La Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) soutient que Quebecor a déposé une proposition de règlement visant à mettre fin au lock-out des employés du Journal de Montréal qui dure depuis plus de 20mois.

GÉNIeau refuse de rendre publics les documents sur sa réclamation de 34millions de dollars envoyée à la Ville de Montréal à la suite de l'annulation de son contrat pour des compteurs d'eau.

L'hypothèse voulant que le gouvernement fédéral puisse financer la construction d'un nouvel amphithéâtre à Québec suscite de vives réactions dans le reste du Canada.

Four Chilean congressmen join a hunger strike by indigenous Mapuche prisoners against anti-terror laws dating back to military rule.

A "payment-by-results" project to cut reoffending is being officially launched, with investors getting a return only if reoffending drops.

Swallowing a sponge on a piece of string could help prevent a deadly form of cancer, experts claim.

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The cost burden of ageing populations in industrialised nations may not be as much as feared because of improved health, a study suggests.

As Muslims around the world begin the Eid festival, marking the end of Ramadan, US citizens reflect on the standing of their religion in their country.

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Screening men with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer can lead to early diagnosis of prostate cancer, says a study.

When I was in Kyoto, I watched people waste their money at a cork gun game. Nobody was able to knock over the prizes. The corks were so lightweight that they harmlessly bounced off the boxes of candy and packs of cigarettes set up on the racks. (Also, quite of few of the people seemed to be half-drunk, which didn't help their aim.)

So, I thought this story from Fuji TV was interesting. The network hired Mamika Tsuruoka of the Japan National Rifle Team to give a cork gun game a try.

From Japan Probe: After 62 shots, she has claimed 49 of the 50 prizes. The total cost of her ammo was 2,480 yen (40 yen per cork). The total cost of the prizes won was 3,940 yen. However, the remaining prize is a large box that cannot easily be knocked down. Single shots are too weak to move the box, so she gets her friends to help her fire volleys at the target. This tactic works, and after 9 volleys it falls to the ground. Unfortunately, that used a lot of corks, so the total price of knocking over all 50 targets ends up at 5,360 yen. The actual price of the prizes totaled to 4,535 yen, so the festival booth guy made a profit of 825 yen.

Here's the video:

Taiwan has celebrated the end of 'Ghost Month' with an unusual contest dating back at least two centuries.